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HAWAII AM GAZETTE.I". DAT, , MAfiCII 21, inn. sr.MiAvr.ricLY.HAWAIIAN GAZETTERODERICK O. WATHESONEditorEntered at the Postoffice of Honolulu,1 II. T Second-"': '. Class matter. , ," Semi-Weekly issued Tuesdays and Fridays. ; ,r ' . Subscription Rates: " , ,-'Per Month.,,,,...;,... ft .25 Pw Month, foreign. .1 .13 -Pr Year....... 43.00 Pr Yer, Foreign... ..,......4.00 ,., ; . ' '. s Fayable Invariably in Advance. . ' . "i : , Charles s. crane, Minager.TUESDAYMARCH 24SCIENTIFIC STORE MANAGEMENT. 'The United Cigar Stores Company which operates .over seven hundred retailcigar stores in New York City has cut the wafrea of allits clerks from tea to twenty-five per 'cent throughout its classification of "two-clerk stores." A two-clerk store is one. in which salesaverage $500 per week. For every hundred 'dollars per week increase in' sales above that average the "United" will divide two percent of the surplus between the two clerks who are to receive basicwages of sixteen and fourteen dollars each. Under, this standardized system of employment fixed basic minimum wage axe .paid,but all the clerks in an establishment benefit of suffer in Accordancewith whether the "team-work" is' good or bad.; v,, ,' ,V '' .?''When the weekly sales in any one of these seven hundred storesrise to an average of nine hundred dollars wr week the store ismade a three-clerk establishment with a basic wage scale of eighteen, sixteen and fourteen dollars. At $1500 sales, per, week jt. becomes a four-clerk store, and so on. '..', .. This system is an example of the lengths to which the principlesof scientific management are being applied by the giant corporations which are tending to monopolize all lines of marketing in theUnited States. ' . w- - ,-. . :-.....''..The big concerns specialize as no individual is capable of doing.Because they are able to systematize, they, convert into profits theodds and ends of time, service and materials which in the case qfthe individual store-keeper or the small- corporation, cannot help butbe debited as a loss. ,-.' - '.y The universal clamor for anti-trust legislation and corporation control amounts to a plea against thrift, and in favor of inefficiency andwaste in the transaction of business. : v i :.. i . ' i ' i .,J ! RELIGIOUS GRAFT IN JAPAN. . ' ,Count Kozui Otani, who visited Honolulu a few years ago on hisway home from England to become Lord Abbot of the West llongwanji Buddhists, the branch of the church which has established somany missions in this Territory, appears likely to be involved in awide scandal, involving the , misuse of church funds. Some yearsago the West Hongwanji Temple at Osaka was the center of widespread graft, resulting in government prosecution and the imprisonment , of many priests.. A recurrence of church, scandal appearslikely now. : . '.'. ,r,Bft)ClIE!Reviewing the necessity for church reforms, in the light of recentexposures, the Japan Times, received yesterday, says:'.'Nothing reliable has as yef leaked out with regard to the progress of legal procedure against the high priests of the Nishl-JIong-,wanji, who were taken into custody last month on the charge, it issaid, of the misappropriation of temple funds to the amount of somemillions. ' Meanwhile various, rumors of a very sensational naturehave gone .forth, that would seriously implicate the supreme pontiffof the temple, Count Kozui Otani. The Count is said to be a manof extravagant ambitions, his failings being not. so miydi of personal indulgences and sensuality as of uncalculating and dreamyventures, suoH as conducting explorations in unbeaten pasts of -India,Tibet and Chinese dominions, either in person or through hisfollowers. .Since his rise to -the pontificate years ago, he has alsoboldly extended the temple' propaganda work' both at' home, andabroad, especially the latter The trouble with him seems 'to 'bethat all ttioait pntomrmoa wprp rnthpp ii lnntfpr nf hnrirtv thnn the. .v-.,v -. ...... - ... . - ?results of religious zeal, and he has figured as a spendthrift, not asa man with' a mission, in charge of millions of money given by trusting souls. Naturally he was taken advantage of by knavish priestsunder hint, and the hoard of wealth he had inherited from his fatherrapidly disappeared, with the result that recourse had to be. takento the legally protected funds' of the temple under one pretext oranother. Hence the present criminal development, -''"What has been stated above, if not yet proved in' law courts, isbelieved to be borne but by indisputable evidence. And what ia trueof the Nishi-IIongwanji on so large a scale, is also true to more orless extent of a very large number of temples nd shriu8 thr6ughout the land, in so far as the utterly inexcusable use of the believers'money goes. . In short, the source of the evil is the absolute absenceof any effort on the part of the government to regulate the .management of the funds and revenues of the Shinto and Buddhist, institutions. If any law exists for the purpose, it has remaiued a dead letter at least'for a generation or more. ' As it is,' millions that flowyearly into temple and shrine coffers are under the absolute control of priests, many of whom are as indifferent to the spiritual andmoral welfare of their flocks as confirmed mammon worshippers orunrestrained libertines. ' r"There is, for example, a great temple in Tokio where offertoryreceipts run up to hundreds of yen daily, of which no account ifgiven to the public. There is a very popular shrine, also in the capital, where on festival days three times a month coins simply fallin showers: the crowd of worshippers ia so great that most of themcan not eome up to the offertory chest, and throw their money highover the heads of those before them.: At the elose of such days thepriests go up on the roof of the shrine and literally sweep down cashof various denominations thickly covering its tiles! "And no outsiderlinnvt what use is made of the money. Both at the temple 'andshrine they issue talisman and charms for personal safety", and serniona are preached on Btated days only to encourage more givings toinsure divine protection and worldly success of the worshippers. Ifthe receipts are smaller miserably so in many cases the priestlyfunctions are practically the same in most other temples and shrines. scattered' all over the Empire, as we have, pointed out before."It is no exaggeration, indeed, to say that, in so far as the peopleat large are concerned, the country is no more advanced than in thedark days of priestly tyranny, and religion with them is a mere matter of absolution in consideration of money. Worse still, there areeven temples and shrines that are almost exclusively patronized bythieves and pickpockets who do not even ask absolution for theirsins, but .invoke 'divine aid for the prosperity of their 'trade,' whilenothing is more common than those that arc chiefly supported byowners tt Iioukcs. of ill-fame and other questionable concerns, Theroot of this degradation in the Buddhist and Shinto worlds is thetotal lack of proper control of the money given by the public and itsconsequent unfair distribution among the priestly class, which fact,in its turn, leads to reducing religion to a mere traffic. Yet it ja patent that the nation is not lacking in religious spirit, as was seenat the time of the fatal illness of the late Emperor year before last.The question is how to develop this' spirit so Ihat it may become aforce in the moral elevation of the masses, and to effect a thoroughreform in religious circles. , .,'"It is interesting in this connection that two prelates of the NishiHongwanji are now in the capital, having Come here at the requestof Minister Okuda, who, as minister of justice, bus caused, it issaid, the present proceedings to be taken against the temple, whichhis predecessors did not have the courage to do, in spite of unsavoryrumors about it for a long time, and who, as the head of the department of education, is determined, as it is reported, to introducereforms in the religious world."r STOCKHOLDERS' LIABILITY AND STATE LAW,The United; States Supreme Court rendered a decision on February 24 to the effect that a stockholders' liability rests in accordancewith the laws of the State in which the company transacts its business and is not dependent on the laws of the State in which the incorporation papers were granted.- The California laws provide unlimited liability.' Hawaii, Arizona, New Jersey and some few othersprovide limited liability. : " ' '.' '' ,In the case at court an Arizona limited liability corporation builta hotel near Pasadena, California, which turned out to be an unsuccessful enterprise. A California Creditor sued one of the NewYork shareholders for the debts of the concern.. The lower courtsheld against the creditor, who carried the case on appeal to the Supreme CourJ. The full bench, Chief Justice White alone dissenting,have handed down an opinion that wheu foreign shareholders createa corporation their agent to transact business within another Statethey enter into necessary compliance with the laws of that State.The court held that an Arizona' limited liability charter could notexempt the shareholders from liability for the debts of a corporation operating in California, in which State the incorporation lawsmake the shareholders liable. V; . - :As will be seen this decision directly affects the shareholders ofthe many companies formed in Hawaii to operate oil wells, mines,agricultural, irrigation and engineering projects in California, orelsewhere, on the mainland.- It take away from Hawaiian investorsthat feeling of security with which they have always intrenchedthemselves on acquiring limited liability stock in a corporation whichis formed for the purpose of transacting business within the bordersof an unlimited liability State. This decision is bound to exercisea' deterrent effect on this form of Hawaiian speculative investment.' It means that the Honolulu man who buys stock, in a Hawaiiancompany doing business in California is liable to be sued under theCalifornian corporation law of unlimited assessment to pay the debtsof an Insolvent corporation. ' y - ," 'A CHANGE 07 TONE. ..Of course Hawaii is a Territory and the Philippines form a possession, but otherwise ther0 seems to exist just now a very strongsimilarity politically between 'the two groups of Pacific Islands overwhich floats the flag that William Jennings Bryan would removefrom the Orient. In each group recently appeared a new Governor,delegated by the President to cultivate all the New Freedom ideasthat would stand transplanting, and in each has developed amongthe erstwhile shouters for democracy something that can hardly bedefined but which is evident,.""in the air." Take the following editorial from the Cablenews-American of Manila and localize it, andno better description of Hawaiian Democratic conditions could bepenned. Says the Manila paper; ; . ; 4 ,;Those who have followed the comments of the native press"1of late must have noted changing tone in their attitude toward 'the government. For some three months or so we were treated. to the amazing spectacle of a native press actually praising the' government. The old attitude of constant and hostile criticism"had changed over night to one of loquacious adulation. .; The ;: dawn of a new era was at hand and there arose to heaven ahallelujah chorus of rejoicing. . : v .But ""something happened, or, shall we ' say, didn't happen., The days rolled into weeks, the weeks into months and the newera instead of being an accomplished fact was still dawning. ..Mr. Harrison in a burst of enthusiasm had requested the co- .operation of his native friends and they had volunteered to a ,.man. In fact, there jwan embarrassment of volunteers. In lesstime than it takes ft ten it an army of unemployed politicos hadenlisted in the great cause. They stood around expectantly' andcheerfully intimated that they were ready to take over the cares ,of office. But the anticipated wholesale transfer ;did not takeplace'1'"' .' ''''','''' ' '."'.' ';" 'Iow the bast is proverbially patient, but nowest; ' ai jquite a1 proverbially impatient.', Wht VtflPhreemonxns iney-counieu up ine uisappoiniing ioiai wiooe eomjuis-;.sioner and. one' bureau chief there was a wave ,of discontent,'Inasmuch as there is a direct knd intimate relatiotk between the,' politicians and the native press, their discontent naturally foundexpression through that medium Wherefore recently "twe havebeen regaled with no little adverse comment on i the 'state ofthings in generaJ.. ;OyCcoyernor has been criticized 'or appoint-' ments he has madea'hiof.epurse, for appointments he has notmade. Democracia rises to "remark that the. whole; scheme'" ofgovernment, as regards the executive branch at least is undemocratic and wrong. All this, must be corrected. To insure the 'maintenance of the high ideal insisted upon, the power of im-. peachmcnt is demanded. And the new era four months old! '.In the prophetic days of last October was it not foretold thatsome such thing would come to pass, that the politicians' appetite would grpw with what it fed upon! But whodreamed itwould come bo soon t i - ; L". . , ,INTERLOCKINO DIRECTORATES. ' . ;There has been popular clamor against interlocking directorates incompetitive public-service corporations engaged in interstate commerce. As a result of this agitation various drastic methods of con.trol have been proposed. In its last analysis, however, it is recognized that prohibition of interlocking directorates implies governmental power of control over interlocking shareholding. Legislationto the effect that no individual shall own a controlling interest in twocompeting corporations 'is obviously unconstitutional, and so also islegislation which would deny, to an inaivwual the right to the management of his own property. The majority shareholders of a corporation elect the directors, who manage the concern through thelegal right of properly delegated authority. The absolute prohibitionof the right of the majority shareholders in two or more corporationsto elect the same person as a director in each company would not beUpheld by any court of law. The principle of such a prohibiten outrages every principle of equity and justice, ' ; ; ' ;GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF FOREIGN TRUSTS. , '; A new law has been proposed for the purpose of curtailing theoperations of foreign trusts and monopolies within the United States.The law aims particularly at the alleged unfair competition arisingfrom the operations of the various European government tobaccomonopolies. These "regies," it is claimed force down the price. paidfor the particular, styles of Virginia and Kentucky leaf which theyrequire, to such a point that' there is no profit left for tha fanners.This effect is brought about by giving all the buying contractsto one agency. The proposed law would make it illegal for anyperson, , firm ,or corporation to become the sole agent within theUnited Staties of any foreign trust, for the purpose of conductingbusiness in a manner contrary to the Sherman Act. ., It is obvious that the United States can not enact laws directlyapplicable to foreign -trusts as long as their field of operations isoutside the United Sfates. The democratic members of the housejudiciary committee claim that the curtailment of the" operations offoreign trusts within the borders of the United States tn the mannersuggested rests on a basis of equity and sound law.li is also apparent that if basic legislation along these generallines is enacted it will furnish a means of controlling the operationsof such huge foreign monopolies as the Brazilian coffee trust andthe much discussed international sugar-valorization syndicate.: rThere, are a few men in Hawaii qualified to succeed Mr. MottSmith aa chairman of the public utilities commission, and a greatmany thousand not qualified. We trust the Governor chooses wiselyand shuts his ears to political babble on the subject. . ..nolitif ianfc eaieast orSENTIIILNT AND ADVERTISING.The waste and the gains from advertising are enormous. Farmer,manufacturer, merchant and consumer works at cross purposes. Thefarmer grows what this land will produce in greatest volume andperfection. His production is limited by natural forces over whichhe hns but slight control. , y 'VV TThe manufacturer .would influence trade to buy what he can produce most cheaply and sell with' greatest profit. His limitations areless stringent than those surrounding the producer of the raw materials. -:' ,!-' -.' .'''- ' - .",' ": ' i' '.,'" The aim of the merchant is to supply what the consumer wantsrather" than what the manufacturer offers for sale.The consumer is the man who holds the scepter. He has the finalsay as to. whether the farmer, the manufacturer or the1 merchantachieve success in their several undertakings.. Hence advertising isdirected more and more to making ,the consumer want somethingwhich the farmer or the manufacturer has to offer rather than towards getting the merchant to buy what they would like him to buy.Because of the evolution of trade during the last twenty years advertising has. become a function 'of the manufacturer and the rodncer of raw materials rather than of the storekeeper. It is a recognized truth that if the consumer demands an article the modernstorekeeper has to buy it and keep it in stock whereas thirty yearsago the boot was on the other foot. The consumer had to be contentwith what the merchant offered for sale ' - ".'.',' VThere are a vast number of manufacturers and storekeepers whodo not recognize this truth as having any Immediate relation to theirown business; '.''.:-'' ,: :" - ' ; ,-. . : ..'. As a suggested application of this principle to local conditions itmight be well to consider the testimony given by various wholesalegrocers during the government's suit against the Sugar Trust under,the, Sherman Act. Representatives of several large Mississippi valleyhouses testified that as high as one-third of their sugar sales wereof advertised brands or grades, and that for such widely advertisedsugars they received '.as high as three-quarters of a cent more thanfor grades and brands of equal quality which were not advertised.The 'Ceylon and Indian tea growers ' are enabled 'enormously toextend their sales in ; the American market by advertising alongboth positive ; and ' negative ,nines,-r-advocating , the : merits oftheir own product but especially giving wide publicity to the allegeduncleanly, careless and unwholesome methods of tea production inJapan and China, the countries which had always been associated inthe minds of tea drinkers with the sole source of supply.: 'Sales are not made in the store,' but in the mind of the man whowants to buy.- ' . 1 . . ;' V:' 7 ' :' '.Hawaiian sugars have hitherto depended on .legislative advantagefor their place in- the -markets. of the United States . Whether weare to lose that advantage permanently is a matter which the futurewill decide. In the mean time, will it not be feasible to 'cinchthat sentimental advantage which care and cleanliness in manufacture as well as fair treatment and improvement in the conditions oflife among the laborers on the sugar plantations will certainly convey to the sugar consumers if the appeal is made to the discriminating public along these lines T ,?, ' .; V ' , . - ;Our appeal must be-.tb the' consumer,' not to the Sugar Trust orthe refiners, and it must be along the lines of advantage to the manwho eats the sugar or uses it in the'eonduct of his business, not howmuch his buying our goods w6uld help us. v'; ' , ' 'The very frank exposition of what cheap sugar is going to do toHawaii does not appeal to one soul among all the mainland, voters.The Kansas' housewife is not one whit interested or sympathetic because ; John. Jones .of Honolulu has his income cut down from fivethousand U'l lira a month to five thousand a year. If she knows thatbecause of 1 janly methods of manufacture sugar of Hawaiian originwill make better jams and jellies than the sngar that ia sweat-soakedand packed in bags by the feet of filthy Javan Coolies, there is atonce one good reason, why she must have Hawaiian sugar. .If we can show the' mainland.. consumer that sugar production iswhat enables this Territory to maintain a .high standard of civilization, 'and that it" Is to. the immediate personal advantage of every trueAmerican to maintain in this group of Islands a strong Americancolony,, that sentimental advantage will, create a market for products of Hawaiian origin. '; i '-''': :y. m' ' 1 1. - -i - I... I. Y'-.."V UP TO THE UMPIRE. '''.' ', ','''The solution of the question of the location of the. proposed federal-buildingas -agreed upon yesterday by aa representative bodyof citizens as ever gathered in public meeting is the only solutionHonolulu is able to offer,' if one may call "passing the buck" a so-lution. Public opinion in this city, has been too sharply dividedever to expeet agreement and each faction to the long drawn outcontroversy believes itself to be so thoroughly right in its standthat no amount of argument has or could budge anyone from hisposition. '"' ; ; 'The Advertiser believes that by passing the whole matter up toWashington, with a confession that no agreement is possible In Honolulu, we will hasten the .daywhen theret will be nothing left toargue over. ". j.,,:; y;;.-..- .As we view the matter now, the leaders In this city stand boundby yesterday's vote to' take whatever cornea without protest. . Wehave put the selection of a new site or the utilization of the one already acquired np to the final decision of the treasury department,and by that decision 'we agree -to 'stand So be it. The representative men of Honolulu are honorable men. There will be no underhand wire-pulling or blocks thrown in the way of progress once thetreasury department speaks. .' , i ,. . , i .THE POLITICAL MARKET.' Hawaii exports sugar, coffee and canned pineapples. Imports include things to eat and wear, with canned politicians originating inthe back districts from Washville to Tallahassee, going strong. Supply increasing but demand pinching out. .; '. -' THE PASSTNO HOUR.The district magistrate ia establishing a graduated scale on joyrides per government auto, ,Police officers who take in the Pali andthe. pleasure resorts on moonlight nights get a slap on the wmt.Trusties emulating the example, by daylight six months. .His Honor, the Mayor, points proudly to the fact that his two sonsare numbered among the unemployed, but none has heard themshouting for work. While he was at it, His Honor might also havepointed to the fact that while he himself is not among the unemplr Ted none ever heard him shouting for work either.-' he secretary of the treasury reports that the silver half dollar isless in demand than it used to be and is going out of circulation.Of eourse it never was more than half as popular as the large roundsilver dollar of blessed memory. If the treasurer has any halvesthat are a drug on the market, we can use them, if he will srtidthem out this way. "t ; ' ; '. VIt has been informally announced that the honor of sending thefirst warships through the Panama canal will be given to Germanybecause Prince Henry of Prussia, who will command the Germansquadron, will be the ranking officer. On top of this' comes a wiseGerman engineer with the opinion that the canal VuT never havemore man eighteen or twenty leet oi water m it and that thereforethe celebration ain't going to be so much because no respectableocean going vessel can squeeze through the ditch. These professional pessimist are not all from Hawaii after all. . .ARRESTS MADE DYFEDERAL OFFICERS'Twenty-Three Alleged Violators.. ot Revenue Law Being Brought -'Here From Hilo.A party of between fifty and MTenty- . jAve Dig- Inlander art expected ' tbllmorning from Hilo and ether pointa ofuv jbiiuu vi xihwiiii, uj U9 (.vainerManna Rea. The party U belnc hed-wood and Deputy Internal KevennaColleetor Otto A. Berndt of Honolulu.l.ut it ii iaid to be far from a happyinvuion tha etcurlonhti are makiactoday of this city, for twenty-three of 'the party were placed under arreit onSunday and Monday at different pointa vfrom ililo to Waipio by Rherwood aridqnor tax utatirtet. The met of tha "big '.party it mad up of wltnemei wantedhere in connection with these ease. .Sherwood and ItermU elipped off to '.Ililo very quietly on Saturday after- .nvvn vj mo .11 auu. i v . a iuu will IBVmnvuk wiirriuii xur too arrest di iirfntr.three alleged malefactor whose - cop.posed disregard for the requirement ofthe federal law ii now irettinir them 'Into trouble. ' ' ' , 'A related some week ago la The 'Advertiser' Ililo wireless service theHawaii county polh-e department re-inHv lint, ruiav mnA val.li.il mnumber of blind pis in I'una, Northand South Hilo and Ilamakiik. whichresulted in the arrest of a large num-ber of people, mainly Orientals, whowere charged with selling liquor with- 'out a license. Most of the arrested people were fined or forfeited bail. Theathe 'federal government stepped in andnow tn arrest mentioned above navefollowed, . .-. -The federal government doe not is-qiures an annual tax from alt who dealin this commodity. The local office of -tae internal revenue department habeen working on these cases for eome.weeks. Conviction in any of thesecase is punhthable by imprisonmentwith rrom thirty days to two year, ora heavy fine, or by both imprisonment .and fine. . - . ,, -.,Among those who were recently arrested by the Hawaii county authoritiesand whore alleged failure to pay thereuerai tax may now have brought themmm miwiu iruuuie, are me I01IOWDg. : . . , ,, , .,' Kl Kong, Ah Kana and Ah Kiona. ofda, Isagawa, Suyenobu and Nishikawa, 'oi rsaunau, Jiamanua; s. Muyebiro andnuriniuio oi iveweia, iiamaaua; Mrs. '.H. Idehara. Ah Mni TTnhnnalilY. Jkira, Yonhitomi. S. Hayaahida and8, Arita of I'aauilo, , Hamakna; AhMrnff an.l John T.iwr.n.. nt UamaV.. -Hamakua, and Chu Num of Kukuihaele. Hamakua. -... , .f .Strong Backing at Washingtonit, Prompted Nomination of Ho,jnolulu Attorney. ' : ; 'By' 'Ernest Q. Walker. ". ;,' y .(Mail Special to The Advertiser) .WASHINGTON. . March 12. Prerf.dent Wilson ' nomination . today " ofBalph P. Cjuarle of Honolula' to .!associate justice of the Supreme Courtof Hawaii, has attracted some attrntloa .here.' Judge Quarle had excellent endorsements. It was said at the depanmeni oi jusiiee ini anernoon inaihi support . wa much stronger thanthat accorded former Judge Wilder,whom Ooveruor Pinkham recommended.That Judge Wilder did not get thenomination, however, ia probably duo .to himself in no small measure. O0i..eiais aere gained tae impreasioa taatJudge Wilder was not particularly desirous of having the place. Furthermore be expressed himself very freelyand positively to high administrationofficials during his recent ' visit iaWashington. Again Attorney GeneralMcBeynolds made a careful inquiry iaHonolulu about the candidates for thisjudgeship. ' '.. Governor Pinkham 's recommendationof Mr. Thayer to be secretary of theTerritory wa received by the interior -deportmentrome day ago and forwarded to the White House. The nomination, lent in today, will probatly beconfirmed at an early day., vlucre t notaing new ia the arricee;matter. The house apparently will nottake up the Navy Appropriation Billfor a fortnight. Former Governor Frear .ha just returned from a visit to NewYork and Bermuda.i-M ." .Little Julio Castro, thirteen year of 'age, wa the victim, according to thepolice of an unprovoked assault early'a., .n.ninit It nm am a i , n i.ana. King sireeis, wuuam jveuy, afull fledyed man being the person whocommitted the assault.''Julio's only crime wa to approachKelly, so the police allege, offering, tosell him a pser. Kelly took -offensem lua mmy inb yvuagwivr ifjpa lu Ui- . '- - J i.: . : . i : i .Kelly struck- the boy a hard blow onthe back of the head with hi openioung Castro made complaint to thepolice and promised to appear thimorning and iwear to a warrant forKelly' arrest. ,. Ada M. Deattie, former wife of J.W. Kerahner, yesterday asked for andwa granted a temporary injunctionagainst her former husband to preventb'tq from continuing business nnder theflrni name of the Kershner VulcanisingComnnnv. LJniited. of Honolulu. -Mrs. Deattie avera that March 1Kershner opened a new chop under thename of J. W. Kerhner, and that maayof hor customers were patronising: himunder the impreasioa that they wetdealing with the old Arm. ''A ptiioa for a penuanent injunet'onwill be heard Saturday uioruiog byJudge Botiin.on.